Welcome to Overlander.ch

August 15th, 2023

This is the currently a little bit neglected web site about our two world trips with our old rig Morla, a '86 Toyota Landcruiser simply called a Bushtaxi - or what we prefer a Troopy.

What you will find here if you continue to skim through the pages is a diary and many details about our first trip when we drove from Switzerland to Singapore and via India back to Zurich. I started this trip with my girlfriend. She is now my wife
and mother of our son. We started in July 2012 and ended after 29 countries, 70'000km and a couple of flat tyres back in Switzerland in October 2013. So we were roughly 15 months on the road, living in our vehicle.
Honestly, the diary is really worth it to read but apologies for German only version. With some luck and AI I may come up
with 19 languages in the near future. However, I summarized every evening what we experienced during the day so don't expect Insta-Pictures and all that shiny bling-bling but rather a great trip as real as it can get.

Another thing which I hope will materialize in the coming months is a rather summarized story about our 2nd large trip where we rounded the globe in "macro" and Australia in "micro" perspective. Practically the same Landcruiser, driver and co-pilot.
But now there was a 6 year old son on board too.
We started the trip in July 2022 and crossed the Swiss border on August 1st, 2023, the national holiday. During that time we touched US soil to visit Vegas and LA, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, Greece and Italy. This time did 10 countries, approximately 35'000 km (incl. rentals) and enjoyed a perfectly running Landcruiser.
We had a different plan. But in retrospect, just a gorgeous trip too!

Find all relevant organizational stuff including night spots (GPS positions) in "Country Info". Check the "Diary" to experience the trip with us. All the rest is self explaining.

Please visit instead also our Facebook page where we posted some impressions from our recent trip from time to time (www.facebook.com/overlander.ch).

Cheers